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Mass of 42 kg removed, an ovarian cancer considered inoperable. The record intervention at the Polyclinic of Milan

Fistulogram is an X-ray test that makes it possible to analyse the path of fistulas, pathological communications that can form between two hollow organs (e.g. between the rectum and the bladder or between the rectum and the vagina) or…

“Sinus rhythm” typically appears on EKG reports. An example is “Tracing characterized by the presence of sinus rhythm”

With "polytrauma" or "polytraumatized" in medicine we mean by definition an injured patient who presents associated injuries to two or more parts of the body (skull, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, limbs) with current or potential…

Medicine for major emergencies and catastrophes ("disaster medicine") is the medical area that analyzes and includes all the medical and first aid procedures that are implemented in the event of a major emergency or catastrophe, i.e. all…

The Emergency Room (sometimes Emergency Department or Emergency Room, hence the acronyms ED and ER) is an operating unit of hospitals expressly equipped to accommodate emergency cases, divide patients based on the seriousness of the…

Let's talk about metabolism. Our body receives, stores and uses a certain number of nutrients depending on the body's needs: our physical shape is determined by a number of factors, including energy consumption, food intake, physical…

Malabsorption syndrome refers to a set of symptoms and signs caused by insufficient absorption of nutrients by the mucosa

Varicose veins and sport: everyone will have noticed, especially in the legs of some sportsmen and women, the presence of veins that are more pronounced than others, tortuous and with a more intense colouring, very much in contrast to the…

FLIP represents an innovation in the evaluation of upper digestive tract disorders such as dysphagia